Funnel



P. L. DOWNS Dec. 5, 1933.

FUNNEL Filed Jan. 26, 1932 Patented Dec. 5, 1933 u Y n 1 Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application January 26,1932. Serial No. 588,926

Claims. (Cl. 22S-29) My invention relates to funnels for use in de- Thek outer funnel member is made with a livering liquids such as vfuel oil into 'atank or conical lower section 12 vprovided at its bottom other container, and it has for its object toprowith an outlet nipple 13 fastened theretoV by vide an improved device of this class. Y rivets 14. This outlet nipple 13 is exteriorly 5 Tanks and other Yreservoirs for holding fuel threaded as at 15 to adapt it to be screwed into 60' oil, gasolene and the like are, as a matter of the interiorlythreaded upper end of a ller pipe safety, usually buried in the ground and it is or conduit.

customary to provide al tank of this kind with Outery funnel member 10 is also made with an a filler pipe and also with a vent pipe, both eX- upper section 16 that is cylindrical and pertending upwardly from the tank to the surface manently connected at its lower end with theY 65 of the ground.V The filler pipe is usually prolowerconical section 12. vided with a removable closure for its upper end The inner funnel member 11 is made with a while the vent pipe is open to permit entrance lower conical section 17 provided at its bottom of air 'into the tank as its contents is withdrawn., with an outlet valvecxture 18 that is construct- 15 and to permit the escape of air when the suped ason open workcage Within which is con- 70 ply of oil within the tank is replenished. fined a ball check valve 19 which (zo-operates When replenishing the'supply within the tank with a rseat 20 to control the outlet of the secthe closure of the filler pipe is removed and tion 17. The valve fitting 18 is soldered or after inserting the delivery end of a funnel otherwise fastened to the section 17 and through 20 within the upper end of the ller pipe, oil is its lower end portion extends a pin or bar 21 byl 75 delivered into the funnel, usually by means of which the ball check 19 is Yconfined therein. a hose but sometimes from portable containers, The upper section 22 of the inner funnel memand flows downwardly through the ller pipe ber 11 is cylindrical and centrally disposed with into the tank as the displaced air or vapors pass respect to the upper cylindrical section 16 of "upwardly through the vent pipe. Vent pipes the outer funnel member. At its top the inner soof the kind referred to are usually made much funnel member is provided with an outstanding smaller incapacity than the filler pipe and flange 23 to seat upon the top 'of the cylindrical therefore, when oil' was delivered into the funportion 16 of the outer funnel member and this nel al? a Tate faster than the Venting Capacity 0f ange 23 is made with a depending cylindrical the vent pipe, the filler pipe would fill up with skirt 24 which is removably tted telescopically 85 oil which would overflow through the loose joint into the upper end of the cylindrical section 16 between the funnel and pipe and be wasted. of the outer funnel member as shown in Fig. 1. 'It also frequently happened while delivering oil The two funnel members are normally locked into the funnel too fast that compressed air and together in their assembled relationship by oil would be belched upwardly so as to overflow means of bolts 25, each of which extends through 9o as described and so as to also fill and overow apertures provided in the section 22v of the the funnel. inner funnel member, the skirt 24 thereof and My invention obviates the objectionable feathe cylindrical section 16 of the outer funnel tures just vreferred to which characterize the use member. These boltsvare equipped with remov- 4.0 of funnels as heretofore constructed and proable nuts 26 so that when desired the two fun- 95 vides an improved funnel having the peculiar nel members may be disassembled.

features ci construction and mode of operation Spot welded or otherwise secured in position set forth in the following description, the sevupon the inside of the lower portion of the eral features of the invention being particularly upper cylindrical section 16 of the outer funnel i pointed out and defined in the claims at the member are a number of radially disposed abut- 1200 close thereof. ment posts 27 by which the lower portion of In the accompanying drawing: the inner funnel member is supported against Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectional lateral displacement relatively to the outer funview of a funnel constructed in accordance with nel section.

my invention. Spot welded or otherwise secured in position 105 Figure 2 is a plan view, on reduced scale, of upon the outside of the cylindrical section 22 of the funnel shown in Fig. 1. the inner funnel member 11 are two annular The illustrated embodiment of my invention baffle plates 28, each of which is formed withV a comprises an outer funnel member 10 within circular series of holes or passageways 29, and

which is provided an inner funnel member 11. Aabove these baiile plates and adjacent to the top 110 of the cylindrical section 22 of the inner funnel member 11, said cylindrical section 22 is made with a circular series of ports or passageways 30 which, as described later, serve as air vents.

Adjacent to the lower end of the cylindrical section 22 of the inner funnel member and within the latter is provided a diametrically disposed cross-bar 3l whose opposite ends are permanently and securely fastened to the inner funnel member by means of spot welding or otherwise. At its middle and coincident 'with the axis of the funnel, the cross bar 31 is constructed with an eye or ring 32 adapted to receive within it and support the nozzle of la delivery hose.

When the above described funnel is to Vbe used its nipple 15 is screwed into the upper endof the filler pipe leading to the receiving tank or reservoir and then the nozzle of the delivery hose is placed within the eye or ring 32. It willbe clear that as the oil discharges from the de livery hose it will be discharged from the inner funnel member through the outlet 33 provided at the lower end thereof into theV outer funnel member from which it will discharge through the outlet Se at the lower end thereof, and the outlet nipple 13, into the ller pipe of the tank.

in the event that oil and air is belched upwardly into the funnel from the iiller pipe as often happens, the ball check 19 will be projected upwardly against its seat 20 thereby closing the outlet 33` so that the upwardly projected oil will be trapped and held within the outer funnel member 10, while the air issuing from .the filler pipe with such oil will pass upwardly between the two funnel members, and through the ports 29, to the vents 30 through which it will discharge into the atmosphere. it will be clear that the-purpose of the baille plates 28 is to prevent the oil from surging upwardly rto thevents 30. As soon as the eruption of oil and airfrom the filler pipe ceases, the funnel will resume its normal action and the oil from both sections will be delivered into the ller pipe.

During each belching or eruption of oil and air from the ller pipe the threaded engagement between the nipple 13 and the iller pipe provides a closed joint between the funnel and pipe preventing overflow or leakage at vthis point.

When, for any reason, it is desired to remove the inner funnel member this may be accomplished afterremoval of the bolts 25. When the bolts 25 arev removed the inner funnel member can be lifted out of the other member.

What I claim is:

l. A funnel comprising an outer member having a conical lower portion provided at its bottom with a outlet adapted to be fitted into a receiving conduit; an inner member fixed within and smaller than said outer member so as to provide a space between the two members, said inner member having an outlet at its bottom that is above the outlet of said outer member and said space being vented adjacent to its top; a check valve controlling the outlet of said inner member that is completelyinclosed Yby said outer member `and which is closed "by upward movement of the fluid within the latter and a horizontal baiile plate within the space between the two members, said plate being disposed below the vented upper portion of said space and above said check valve Vand above the outlet that is controlled by the latter.

'2. "A funnel comprising an outer sheet metal .member ihaving a cylindrical upper portion and a conical lower portion provided at its bottom with an outlet adapted to be tted into a receiving conduit; an inner sheet metal member comprising a conical Alower portion and a cylindrical upper portion, said cylindrical upper portion being iiXed within the cylindrical upper portion or" said outer. member and being substantially less in diameter than the cylindrical upper portion or the outer` member so as to provide an annular space between the two members, said space being vented adjacent to its top, means separably fastening said two members together adjacent to their lupper ends; means on one of said members engaging the other member to held the inner end Yof the inner member against lateral displacement relatively to said outer member, and a checkrvalve controlling the outlet of said inner -member that is closed by upward movement of the fluid within said outer member, said check valve being disposed wholly within said outer member so, that it is protected Aby the latter,

3. A` funnel constructed in accordance Vwith claim 2, including an 4annular apertured baffle member Xed in position between said two `cyl-indrical upper por-tions below the vented upper portion of said space and above the Vlower conical portion ofI said i-nner'rnember.

ll. A tunnel constructed in accordance with claim 2 and including also a fixed cross-bar within the cylindrical upper portion of said inner member that is constructed with a ringadapted to serve as a rest for the nozzle of a delivery hose which is held seatedtherein by ,gravity with its axis alined with the outlet of said inner-member. Q5. A funnel constructed in accordance with claim 2 wherein said check valve is a ball yand wherein a cage for said ball. is provided at the outlet of said inner member, said cageV and ball being completely inclosed by said outer member.

PERCY LOUIS Downs.y

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